litigant
litigant
Definition
liti·gant (lit′i gənt)
adjective
Rare engaged in litigation
Etymology: Fr < L litigans
noun
a party to a lawsuit
litigant
Synonyms
litigant
Law Definition
n
A party to a legal action.
litigant
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- assist: However, subject to that, they will do their best to assist any litigant.
- aid: His/her fate would be no different from that of a conventional legally aided litigant in modern times.
- represent: Or that there might be a perception of unfairness if former judges represented litigants in court.
- allow: The proposals will allow county court litigants to send money direct to the CFO.
- help: If the law helped a litigant to make his case, fine.
- provide: It is planning to establish a call center by October to provide more potential litigants.
Adjective modifier
- vexatious: The Certification Officer is given powers to deal with vexatious litigants.
- unrepresented: Unrepresented litigants are advised that help with their application may be available from the Citizens ' Advice Bureau at the Royal Courts of Justice.
- unsuccessful: From the point of view of the unsuccessful litigant, trial by witnesses must have been unsatisfactory at the best of times.
- successful: But it means that a successful litigant will not receive all the money which he or she has been awarded.
- potential: One reason for my success in seeing off potential litigants is that I don't like to go into print without checking my facts.
- private: It would be detrimental, if not devastating, to our system of justice and unfair to private litigants.
Modifies a noun
- s: However, some applications from litigant s in person may be deemed suitable to be dealt with in the same way.
- information: They had advised on the new Court Service leaflets and would be advising the JSB Equal Treatment Advisory Committee on issues concerning litigant information.
- cannot: Creditors and litigants cannot so easily attack assets which are not held by an individual personally.
Noun used with modifier
- party: The only people who would still be allowed to lodge paper documents would be party litigants.
- solicitor: In particular, the costs to be allowed to a solicitor litigant in person are to be subject to the two thirds restriction.
Possessives
- right: Of firms offering lost to fraud litigant's right to discovery.
Preposition: in
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